Statistics Norway

Naturalizations

1   Naturalizations, by sex, age and previous citizenship. 2004
Previous citizenship Total Sex Age
Males Females Under 18 years 18 years and over
Total 8 154 3 697 4 457 2 928 5 226
           
Europe 3 073 1 398 1 675 1 042 2 031
Bosnia-Herzegovina  827  413  414  187  640
Turkey  393  234  159  107  286
Russia  365 96  269 79  286
Serbia and Montenegro  303  155  148  102  201
Sweden  221  108  113  157 64
Poland  171 56  115 33  138
Denmark  167 73 94 99 68
United Kingdom 78 44 34 44 34
Germany 74 31 43 39 35
Romania 50 9 41 9 41
Finland 49 26 23 28 21
Bulgaria 49 20 29 9 40
Netherlands 38 23 15 19 19
Croatia 37 17 20 11 26
Ukraine 33 8 25 12 21
France 30 13 17 26 4
Macedonia 21 5 16 4 17
Spain 18 8 10 9 9
Iceland 16 7 9 8 8
Portugal 15 6 9 4 11
Italy 14 3 11 12 2
Latvia 14 3 11 3 11
Belarus 12 2 10 2 10
Rest of Europe 78 38 40 39 39
           
Africa 1 295  629  666  490  805
Somalia  526  250  276  272  254
Morocco  235  108  127 45  190
Ethiopia 83 39 44 21 62
Gambia 54 30 24 18 36
Ghana 54 23 31 18 36
Nigeria 45 25 20 12 33
Sudan 37 26 11 13 24
Tunisia 25 13 12 3 22
Kenya 24 8 16 14 10
Congo 21 10 11 10 11
Eritrea 20 4 16 7 13
Tanzania 19 9 10 9 10
Algeria 17 8 9 2 15
Uganda 17 10 7 6 11
Sierra Leone 15 9 6 6 9
Rwanda 12 3 9 5 7
Rest of Africa 91 54 37 29 62
           
Asia 3 189 1 415 1 774 1 192 1 997
Iraq  619  329  290  288  331
Pakistan  568  268  300  186  382
Iran  508  248  260  185  323
Philippines  249 61  188 77  172
Sri Lanka  235  101  134 61  174
Thailand  234 61  173 99  135
Vietnam  222 74  148 56  166
India  207  104  103 68  139
South Korea 93 62 31 88 5
China 82 33 49 24 58
Syria 47 22 25 16 31
Lebanon 37 17 20 16 21
Afghanistan 23 9 14 5 18
Bangladesh 13 5 8 5 8
Rest of Asia 52 21 31 18 34
           
North America  201 75  126 79  122
USA 93 43 50 47 46
Dominican Republic 31 9 22 13 18
Cuba 30 6 24 5 25
Mexico 15 2 13 1 14
Canada 12 5 7 7 5
Rest of North and Central Amerika 20 10 10 6 14
           
South America  285  125  160 79  206
Chile  141 69 72 30  111
Brazil 56 14 42 22 34
Peru 34 17 17 13 21
Colombia 17 5 12 3 14
Argentina 11 9 2 2 9
Venezuela 11 5 6 5 6
Rest of South America 15 6 9 4 11
           
Oceania 10 5 5 4 6
           
Stateless 97 49 48 41 56
Unknown 4 1 3 1 3

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